Tag: corporate welfare

That’s what we’re hearing. Influential folks in high places are telling us that Moore County Partners in Progress — the county’s economic development group — and Montgomery County are planning to “forgive” the $50,000 loans they bestowed upon the Heart of Carolina Mega Park in…

Out of the blue, government goodies for solar energy providers has become the rage on Jones Street. No one really saw this coming. It’s not really on anyone’s radar as one of the most important issues for state government. (It couldn’t be some of that…

I was intrigued when I saw “The Tax Relief Act of 2015” on the House agenda today. It’s too bad that it’s relief ONLY for datacenters. HB 934, introduced by Reps. (Jason) Saine, (John) Szoka and (Bill) Brawley, provides a sweet tax deduction for equipment and…

Our cadre of spies on Jones Street has struck pay-dirt once again. We have in our clutches a March 6 email authored by Mollie Young, House Speaker Tim Moore’s director of communications. The missive is an apparent effort to help House members and other interested parties “sell” the…

Well, they approved $45 million in corporate welfare after turning down TWENTY MILLION for being too much last session. Movie incentives also got shot down. So far, this year it appears all bets are off. It appears Senator Bill “Tax-Hike ” Rabon is teaming…

The drive-bys gave us a peek at the salaries of all of new House speaker Tim Moore’s staff. Most staffers got raises in the ballpark of twenty percent. One aide – who had been working on Jones Street since 2012 — got a nearly…

The “conservative revolution” rolls on. We’ve obtained a draft of a bill (dated February 4) being drafted and pushed by legislative leaders (read REPUBLICANS) seeking $45 million bucks worth of corporate welfare from my wallet and yours. Last session, rebellious elements within the House Republican caucus…

Well, the effort to bring party disloyalty into the debate on HB 1224 blew up rather unceremoniously. Apparently, some ”pain-in-the-ass-teabagger web site” spilled the beans before the plan could get underway. Sources inside the GOP House caucus meeting on Monday told us that Speaker…

General Assembly Republicans had a rather heated caucus meeting about the controversial HB 1224 legislation on Monday. Sources in the caucus meeting told us that sources close to speaker Thom Tillis claimed that members would get a “pass” from Civitas Action if they went ahead…

The Washington Examiner’s Tim Carney has waded into our marquee election. I am typically a big fan of Carney. (I even bought ONE of his books.) But painting Thom Tillis as an anti-corporate welfare warrior doing battle with corporatist Kay Hagan is a bit too…